like it or not, we are here to stay

First I want start off by giving an update on what is happening with us today, so here it is..
Alright we made a decision on the job, he is going to take the new position and see where it goes. Maybe it will help him in the long run. As for today we are trying to decide whether or not to renew our lease. Our neighbors are ridiculous, they have parties at all hours of the day and are constantly screaming. They have been out of town for about a week though, so i have enjoyed the peace and quiet. All in all today was another nice day in "living together land", which brings me to an article I read at http://www.time.com/
This article is about how an increasing number of people are living together(happily) and are not married. There is actually about 5 million unmarried people living together, which is a 200% increase since 1980. It also says that these relationships are almost exactly like the relationships of married couples (just without all the legal stuff). Another thing that I thought was interesting was how it stated that the family members of these unmarried couples usually do not support them. I can relate to this because my family is 50/50 on the subject, some like it some do not. It is mostly the older family members who have a problem with this (the same applies to me as well). In a nutshell the article is just commenting on the changing times, and acknowledging that society is once again changing.

http://www.time.com.(n.d/.) Retreived March, 2009 : www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,426046,00.html

Ours

Ok, About a week ago my boyfriend got offered another position at his job. It is not really a raise because he will not get a pay increase but he will have more of a work load. So we have been talking about it and trying to come up with a decision. We still have not come up with an answer and I have no idea why it is taking us so long. I think that this relates to an article I read at http://financialplan.about.com
In it, it says that unmarried couples living together should keep their finances seperate. It also says that you should not invest in anything major like a house or car. I personally disagree on this, because if you are living together, you obviously are starting a life with this person and plan to be together for a long time. Also, it is almost impossible to not put your money together for things, I mean you all live together so there are going to be bills. I also think that it is not healthy for a relationship to seperate "yours" from "mine", because although you are not married you still have that sense of "ours". On a lighter note we did buy a bunny rabbit today.

www.financialplan.about.com.(N.D.). Retreives March 2009: www.financialplan.about.com/cs/unmarriedcouples/a/sohappytogether.htm